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ITT: Talentless Hacks is a meme that is popular on 4chan and is believed to have originated from its mu board. It is usually posted with an image of someone pointing at the camera to imply the viewer is actually the "talentless hack".

Origin

The meme is believed to have originated from 4chan's /mu/ board alongside an image of American musician Lou Reed pointing toward the camera. One of the earliest archived instances of the meme dates back to March 2010.^[1]

On November 8, 2013, the meme was posted on /mu/. An anon replied "hes pointing at all of us". The post received over 170 replies, most of which replied the phrase "Damn…".^[2]

File: 1383902020991ipg-(58 KB, 1000x1053, Lou-Reed.jpg) Anonymous 11/08/13 (Fri)04:13 No.41374402 ITT: Talentless hacks Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:14 No.41374408 Replies: 2241374781241380787 2241380803 He's pointing at you OP Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:36 No.41374612 Replies: 2241380787 w-what about talented hacks? based butts 11/08/13(Fri)04:52 No.41374781 Replies: 2241374792 41374818 2413748252241374838 2241374843241374855 2241374858 3241374864 2241374869 41374871 2413748732241374878 >>41 374907 >>41 37->>41 3749 >>413 92-41 374970 >>41 375058 >>41 375168 >>4131-241->>41 376750 >>413 4 >>41 379732 >>41 379835 >>4 >>41ー。>>4 >>41 380640 >>41 380656 >>41380689 >>41 380692 >>41 380696 >>41 380701 >>41 380705 >>41 380729 >>41 380748 >>4 >>41 380801 >41 380818 >>41 380914 >>4 >>41 382557 >>41 383091 >>4 >>41 3840 172->>4 >>4-ー38 1 >>41 384392 >>41 384401 >>41 384416 >>41384443 >>41 384451 >>41 384481 >>->>41384499 >>41 384584 >>41- 24 2241374881 241374882 605 >>41 380614 >>41 380625 >> 3548 >41 383592 > >>4 >> 4773 >>41374408 hes pointing at all of us Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:53 No.41374792 Replies: 241374922 241375281 2241379835 2241380787 >>41374 Damn... Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:55 No.41374818 Replies: 241374922 241375281 2241379835 2241380787 >>41374 Damn.... Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:56 No.41374825 Replies: 3241374922 241375281 2241379835 2241380787 41374781 Damn.... Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:57 No.41374838 Replies: 241374922 241375281 2241379835 2241380787 >>41374 Damn... Anonymous 11/08/13(Fri)04:57 No.41374843 Replies: 241374922 241375281 2241379835 2241380787

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The meme is often posted on /mu/ with various images of musicians, usually an image of Lou Reed pointing toward the camera. Posters commonly reply that the person is pointing at "us", with anons commenting "Damn…" in reply. Posters also usually reply with images of people pointing toward the camera to imply the OP is the "talentless hack". It is also posted on other boards with images of people relevant to the board's subject. Less commonly, it is posted with an image of someone not pointing.